Improvement in plows



H. KILLAM, PLOW,

No. 95,48'7.` 'Patent-ed Oot'; 5, 1869.

UNITED vSTATES `PrrErrr OEEICE.

HENRY KILLAM, or MENDoN,.. MicHiGAN.

IMPROVEMENT -IN PhOWS'. l

Specification forming part .of Letters Patent No. 95,457, dated October 5, 1869.

' .To all whom it may concern..-

Be-it known that I, HENRY KILLAM, of.

Mendon, in the county of St. Joseph and State of lylichigamhave invented a new and useful Improvement in Plows; and I do declare that the following is a true and accurate description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and tothe letters of' stronger adj ustable, so that they can be worked with one, two, or three horses, and so that any one part can Abe replaced when worn.

vIt consists in making the point and wing in two pieces, the one being groov ed into the other; Vin the combination and arrangement of the above-named parts with a ange cast upon the landside and proj ect-ing underneath the joint of the point, wing, and mold board, by means of l which said joint is materially strengthened; in the arrangement of devices for the-purpose of widening or narrowing the furrow, according to the number of horses employed, and in the f peculiar arrangement of its parts, as hereinafter more fully explained.

In the drawings, A represents a cast-iron beam, and B amold-board, of ordinary con-- struction.

C is a landside, upon the inner. siden vof which the flange D isv cast, of suitable form upon its upper surface to t' the under side of the mold-boardY point and wing at their point of conjunction. To the re'ar end of this landside is secured the handle E, to which in turn is secured the rear end of the beam A by means of a boltzand nut. The rear end et' the beam rests upon aiprolongation, F, of t le landside, handle, and there is interposed between the' handle and beam a Washer, G, which may b removed and placed outside of the end of th beam, upon the. same bolt,whenever it is deL sired to have the plow take less land. With this washer, as described, the operator can make his plow take'more or less land, according' to the number of .horses employed, the beam being secured to the standard at H by means of a 'bolt passing through the beam in 4such a manner as 'to allowy it to turn upon the bolt.

I is a point and prolongation ofthe landside, to which it is attached by means of a bolt or screw passing through the hole J and a corresponding hole in the landside. A

groove or recess, K, is 'cast in the side 'of the point toreceive the wing L, which is a separate and distinct piece, andis secured to the mold-board, in the usual manner, bybolts. By

this method of constructing the point and wing, should either wear, the part wearing faster. than the other may be replaced without the expense usually attendant when the point and wing are east in one piece.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is v 1. The combination of the beam A, moldboard B, landside C, :handle E', washer G,

. point I, and wing L, when constructed, ar-

ranged,and operating substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The combination of the wing- L, the point I, and the ange D, when all are constructed and arranged as and for4 the purposes aforesaid.

' v HENRY KILLAM. Witnesseszv WM. HAREINGTON, JOHN S. WEEKS.

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